Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php on line 109

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the relevanssi domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/testimonials-by-woothemes/classes/class-woothemes-widget-testimonials.php on line 270

WordPress database error: [Table 'diqosbmy_WP6WS.6EN_ppress_plans' doesn't exist]
SELECT COUNT(id) FROM 6EN_ppress_plans WHERE status = 'true'


Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the ninja-forms-uploads domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the ninja-forms domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the better-wp-security domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the updraftplus domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-content/plugins/convertplug/classes/class-convert-plug.php:109) in /home1/diqosbmy/public_html/clients/strive-together/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1902
{"id":9511,"date":"2017-05-10T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strivetogether.org\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2017-05-05T09:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:37:39","slug":"building-culture-continuous-improvement-takes-collaboration-knowledge-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readytango.com\/clients\/strive-together\/library\/building-culture-continuous-improvement-takes-collaboration-knowledge-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a culture of continuous improvement takes collaboration, knowledge and tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having a rigorous process for testing and implementing changes to get better results has always been deeply embedded in our work at StriveTogether. In fact, developing a culture of continuous improvement is one of the four principles in our Theory of Action<\/a>. We know it is crucial for Cradle to Career Network communities if they want to ensure every child gets a high-quality education.<\/p>\n

But building a culture of continuous improvement across multiple organizations and throughout a community is much easier said than done. Fortunately for us, failing forward is something we\u2019ve embraced over the years and has allowed us not only to learn a lot about what works, but helped us develop a continuous improvement methodology that is getting results for community partnerships<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

In our early days, we were lucky enough to receive support from Six Sigma Black Belts. These Black Belts took time away from their private sector work to help us apply Six Sigma\u2019s DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve and control) process in education with the hope of seeing systems-level changes. This process worked well sometimes but often hit barriers that significantly slowed or stopped the work before any improvements could be made. Over time, themes began to emerge about challenges our network communities were experiencing:<\/p>\n